GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| descry | to catch sight of |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |